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Properties of Real Numbers
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Main Concept
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Any real numbers  and  have the following properties:
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They are closed under addition:  is a real number
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They are closed under multiplication:  is a real number
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Addition is associative: 
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Multiplication is associative: 
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Addition is commutative: 
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Multiplication is commutative: 
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They are distributive: 
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0 is the additive identity: 
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1 is the multiplicative identity: 
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Each number has an additive inverse: 
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Each number except for 0 has a multiplicative inverse: 
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Use the sliders to choose  ,  and  , and click Show Distributive Property. Use the radio buttons to see how  .
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